Since its introduction in 2002, the Ratchet & Clank franchise has become wildly popular, selling more than 16 million units worldwide and finding a permanent home on the “top ten favorites” lists of gamers everywhere. The latest and much anticipated installment, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, promises to deliver more of the signature humor and mind blowing weapons fans have come to expect while exploring the story behind Ratchet and Clank’s past and the key to their future.

While the game won’t be in stores until next Tuesday, critics are already starting to pour on the praise, touting that the latest Ratchet & Clank adventure looks like the “the best yet.” And just in time for its release, Kevin Butler is back to spotlight this incredible new addition to the Ratchet & Clank series.

In this commercial, Kevin serves as “Chief Weaponologist,” fielding a “Dear PlayStation” request from a mystery man working with an unidentified organization hoping to acquire the Ratchet & Clank weapons arsenal. The exchange leaves even the typically sharp-witted Kevin at a loss for words:

No question, we’ve got an unparalleled gaming line-up this year that includes “Only on PlayStation” experiences from our first party studios and blockbuster releases from our publishing partners. Never has there been a more rewarding time to be a PS3 owner!

And just to prove our point, here’s another “Dear PlayStation” commercial that will debut later this month that showcases a ton of great PS3 content with a crescendo that only Kevin Butler would dream up.

And for those of you who missed the commercial where Kevin commiserates with a consumer about getting her boyfriend to tap into all the great benefits of connecting to the PlayStation Network, make sure to catch it on TV again starting next week.

this is very funny stuff. I want to just suggest to try to slide a few games that dont get mareketd well into commercials, like a opening screen and then show off a few AAA titles . Other than than good work Mr Dille :)!!

Great, now what about the great games it DOESN’T play, such as the first four Rachet & Clank games? You should really hurry up and do something about that. Read: Finish the freaking PS2 emulator, or at LEAST own up to the fact that you’re working on it.

Okay, that first one was freaking hilarious. The second was freaking awesome. Hence, that was freaking, hilariously awesome. I think the absence of Ratchet & Clank footage in the montage was jarring. Still, very well done.

Sorry, but that new Ratchet and Clank commercial fails. It does not capture the feelings of R&C. It makes it seems as if R&C is a serious game, then in actuality, it is not. You guys need to bring back the old R&C commercials because that is what sold many people on this series. This commercial just is not doing it and does not do the game justice.

The Montage commercial on the other hand is both a hit and miss. Hit with Killzone 2, UC2, GT5, and Resistance 2 (The opening). It fails to show off games such as inFamous, Ratchet and Clank, LBP, Demon’s Souls, Fat Princess, Flower, and others.

@Peter Dille
That’s awesome peter great advertisements keep it up. Maybe even apply this to PSP if you could in some way.

However can we get PS2 Backward Compatibility back please. I’d love to switch to a slim from my loud, hot, space consuming, 60 gig and no I don’t have a PS2 anymore and I prefer what the PS3 does for PS2 games anyway.

That commercial is bad ass and funny as hell. I like these cause they go for the tween, teen, young adult and heck adult humor. Kevin Butler is funny as hell too with his dry sense of humor. Nice Sony loving it!!